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| 1. | Kwakukhona-ke indoda ethile yeRamathayimi-Zofimu entabeni yakoEfrayimi; lebizo layo lalinguElkana indodana kaJerohamu, indodana kaElihu, indodana kaTohu, indodana kaZufi umEfrayimi. |
| 2. | Njalo yayilabafazi ababili; ibizo lomunye lalinguHana, lebizo lomunye lalinguPenina. Njalo uPenina wayelabantwana, kodwa uHana wayengelabantwana. |
| 3. | Leyondoda yenyuka-ke isuka emzini wayo iminyaka ngeminyaka ukuyakhonza lokuhlabela i Nkosi yamabandla eShilo, njalo kwakukhona lapho amadodana amabili kaEli, uHofini loPhinehasi, abapristi be Nkosi. |
| 4. | Kwakusithi mhla uElkana ehlaba, wanika uPenina umkakhe lawo wonke amadodana akhe lamadodakazi akhe izabelo; |
| 5. | kodwa uHana wamnika isabelo esiphindwe kabili, ngoba wayemthanda uHana; kodwa i Nkosi yayisivalile isizalo sakhe. |
| 6. | Lesitha sakhe laso samcaphula ngentukuthelo ukuze amthukuthelise, ngoba i Nkosi yayisivalile isizalo sakhe. |
| 7. | Wayesenza njalo-ke iminyaka ngeminyaka; kusukela lapho esenyukela endlini ye Nkosi, ngokunjalo samcaphula. Ngakho walila, kadlanga. |
| 8. | UElkana umkakhe wasesithi kuye: Hana, ulilelani? Njalo kawudli ngani? Kungani-ke inhliziyo yakho idabukile? Mina kangingcono kuwe kulamadodana alitshumi yini? |
| 9. | Ngakho uHana wasukuma emva kokudla eShilo langemva kokunatha. UEli umpristi wayehlezi-ke esihlalweni phansi kwensika yethempeli le Nkosi. |
| 10. | Njalo wayelokubaba emphefumulweni, wasekhuleka e Nkosi ni ekhala lokukhala inyembezi. |
| 11. | Wasefunga isifungo wathi: Nkosi yamabandla, uba ungabona lokubona ukuhlupheka kwencekukazi yakho, ungikhumbule, ungakhohlwa incekukazi yakho, kodwa unike incekukazi yakho inzalo yesilisa, ngizamnika i Nkosi insuku zonke zempilo yakhe, lempuco kayiyikwedlula ekhanda lakhe. |
| 12. | Kwasekusithi esaqhubeka ukukhuleka phambi kwe Nkosi, uEli waqaphelisa umlomo wakhe. |
| 13. | UHana wayekhulumela-ke enhliziyweni yakhe, kwanyikinyeka indebe zakhe kuphela, kodwa ilizwi lakhe lalingezwakali; ngakho uEli wacabanga ukuthi udakiwe. |
| 14. | UEli wasesithi kuye: Koze kube nini udakwa? Susa iwayini lakho kuwe. |
| 15. | UHana wasephendula wathi: Hatshi, nkosi yami, ngingowesifazana odabukileyo emoyeni; kanginathanga wayini loba okunathwayo okulamandla, kodwa bengithulula umphefumulo wami phambi kwe Nkosi. |
| 16. | Ungayithathi incekukazi yakho njengendodakazi kaBheliyali, ngoba ebunengini bosizi lwami lenkathazo yami sengikhulume kwaze kwaba khathesi. |
| 17. | UEli wasephendula wathi: Hamba ngokuthula; uNkulunkulu wakoIsrayeli a ku nike isicelo sakho osicele kuye. |
| 18. | Wasesithi: Incekukazi yakho kayithole umusa emehlweni akho. Ngakho owesifazana wahamba ngendlela yakhe, wadla; lobuso bakhe abaze busa nyukumala ngakho. |
| 19. | Basebevuka ekuseni kakhulu, bakhonza phambi kwe Nkosi, basebebuyela bafika emzini wabo eRama. UElkana wasemazi uHana umkakhe, le Nkosi yamkhumbula. |
| 20. | Kwasekusithi isikhathi sesiphelele uHana wakhulelwa, wabeletha indodana, wayitha ibizo layo uSamuweli; ngoba wathi: Ngimcelile e Nkosi ni. |
| 21. | Lendoda uElkana lendlu yakhe yonke benyukela ukuyahlabela i Nkosi umhlatshelo weminyaka ngeminyaka, lesifungo sakhe. |
| 22. | Kodwa uHana kenyukanga, ngoba wathi kumkakhe: Kangiyikuhamba aze alunyulwe umfana; khona ngizamletha ukuze abonakale phambi kwe Nkosi, abesehlala khona kuze kube nininini. |
| 23. | UElkana umkakhe wasesithi kuye: Yenza okulungileyo emehlweni akho; hlala uze umlumule; kuphela, i Nkosi kayiqinise ilizwi lakho. Ngokunjalo owesifazana wahlala, wayimunyisa indodana yakhe waze wayilumula. |
| 24. | Wasesenyuka layo eseyilumule, elamajongosi amathathu, le-efa* elilodwa lempuphu, lembodlela yewayini, wayiletha endlini ye Nkosi eShilo; lomfana wayemncinyane. |
| 25. | Balihlaba ijongosi, bamletha umntwana kuEli. |
| 26. | Wasesithi: Hawu nkosi yami, kuphila komphefumulo wakho, nkosi yami, yimi owesifazana owayemi lawe lapha, ekhuleka e Nkosi ni. |
| 27. | Ngakhulekela lo umfana, njalo i Nkosi inginikile isicelo sami engasicela kuyo. |
| 28. | Ngakho lami ngimnikele e Nkosi ni, zonke izinsuku ekhona; wacelwa e Nkosi ni. Wasekhonza i Nkosi lapho. |
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